Mine detail: Lucia

Previously called 'Beatriz'

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.40302, -109.87285
dep_id: 10048863
mrds_id: MX00033
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: ENLONGATED BRECCIA BODY
model: 79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
alteration: Sericitic, Potassic (Locally)
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Tonalite,Andesite
arock_type: Tonalite,Andesite
Structure: Large Scale Faulting, Local Structural Trends: N 70 E And N 10 W.
References:
  • Deposit:: PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.
  • Deposit:: SOLANO, R.B., AND DOMINGUEZ, L.E., 1972, PROYECTO LUCIA RE EVALUACION DEL POSIBLE ZONAMIENTO DE ALTERACION POTASICA, REP. INT. MINERA TRION, S.A. DE C.V., 21 P.
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